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controverse en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈkɒntɹəvɜː(ɹ)s/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French controverse.

Meanings

1. (obsolete) Controversy.
   • So fitly now here commeth next in place, After the proofe of prowesse ended well, The controverse of beauties soveraine grace […] 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto IV”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
controverses	Number=Plur		lexicographic

controverse en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• (Southern-England) audio
• /kɒntɹəˈvɜː(ɹ)s/

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French controverse.

Meanings

1. (obsolete) to controvert

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
controversing	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
controversed	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
controversed	Tense=Past		lexicographic
controverses	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres		lexicographic